Drug Law Reform in East and Southeast Asia

Fifa Rahman, Nick Crofts

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9780739180389
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Criminology
• Index: Social Sciences

Drug Law Reform in East and Southeast Asia is a multi-author look at drugs in East and Southeast Asia, on drug policy, patterns and trends, local problems, human rights abuses, treatment prospects, and potential reforms. From the history of drugs in Asia, the book examines recent trends in illicit drugs, especially the present enormous amphetamine problems. It addresses recent policy shifts, especially harm reduction responses to the devastating drug-associated HIV epidemics. It explores further necessary reform, especially in regard to the abysmally inhuman current emphasis on detention and the death penalty for drug offences, and present the most recent evidence on effective and humane approaches to drug treatments. As the first comprehensive collection on illicit drug and harm reduction in East and Southeast Asia, it will be a vital resource for health professionals, policymakers, and others working there—and elsewhere—on drug policy reform. As the first comprehensive collection on illicit drugs and harm reduction in East and Southeast Asia, it will be a vital resource for health professionals, policymakers, and others working on East and Southeast Asia—and elsewhere—on drug policy.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• Historical Perspectives of Drug Use in Southeast Asia
• Harm Reduction Is Good Public Health
• Turning a Page
• Drug Users and Imprisonment
• Law Enforcement and Drug Policy in Southeast Asia
• Effective Development and Effective Drug Control Are Interdependent
• The Asian Network of People Who Use Drugs (ANPUD)
• Harm Reduction: The Islamic Perspective
• Epidemiology of HIV and HCV among People Who Inject Drugs in Southeast Asia
• Compulsory “Rehabilitation” in Asia
• Responding to ATS Use in East and Southeast Asia
• One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
• From Gradual Prohibition to Harm Reduction
• Emerging from a Black Box
• Drug Policy in China
• Compulsory Drug Rehabilitation in China
• Alternatives to Criminal Justice
• Capital Punishment for Drug Offenses
• Treatment for Drug Dependence in Asia
• The Future of Drug Law Reform in Asia
• Index
• About the Contributors